Meat-cutter.



PATENTBD FEB. 26, 1907.

H, SGHWBNGK.

MEAT GUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED 0OT.11, 1906.

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HENRY scHwENoK, oE NEW YORK, N. Y.

MEAT-CUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 26, 1907.

Application led October 1l, 1906. Serial No. 338.409.

To all whom, t ntag/ concern.'

Be it known that l, HENRY SoHwENoK, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York city, (Richmond) county of Richmond, Stateof NewYork, have invented new and useful Improvements in Meat-Cutters, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved apparatus for quickly and.thoroughly cutting meat by means of a blade that is simultaneouslyrotated and reciprocated. The apparatus is reliable in its operation, isreadily operated, and may be easily inspected and cleaned.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a vertical section of myimproved meat-cutter; Fig. 2, a vertical section on line 2 2, Fig. 1;Fig. 3, a plan; Fig. 4, a horizontal section, partly broken away, online 4 4, Fig. 1. Figs. 5 and 6 are details of the scoop; and Fig. 7, across-section on line 7 7, Fig. 1.

From the laterally-extended base 10 of mixing vessel 11 projects atubular upright 12, supporting a nut 13. This nut engages the lowerthreaded and reduced end 14 of a vertically-movable post 15, having anupper horizontal arm 16. The power shaft 17, driven by pulley 18 orhandle 19, is journaled in post 15 and carries a gear-wheel 20, whichengages the toothed. rim 21 of a cover 22, rotatably supported on vessel11. Through a central opening of cover 22 extends into vesn sel 11 avertically movable and rotatable shaft 23, to the lower end of which isyieldingly secured by arms 24 the cutting-blade 25. The means foreffecting the yielding connection between shaft and blade consist ofpins 26 on the blade, engaging slots 27 of the arms, and of a spring 29bearing upon the blade. The rotating movement of cover 22 is transmittedto shaft 23 by a feather 30 on the former engaging a groove 31 of thelatter. A counter-shaft 32, journaled in arm 16, is rotated frompower-shaft 17 by gear-wheels 33 34. On inner end of shaft 32 is fast acrank-disk 35, having wrist-pin 36. A tapering head 49, loosely carriedby this pin, reciprocates horizontally in an undercut guideway 37 of aslide 38. This slide is vertically perforated to embrace upper end ofshaft 23, which is rotatably secured to the slide by collars 39. Disk 35and slide 38 are contained within a housing 40, secured to arm 16 andhaving guide-rails 41 for slide 38.

A tubular extension 42 of housing 40 is stepped into a hub 43, integralwith cover 22 and rotatable around such extension. A screw 44 of hub 43enters `a circumferential groove 45 of extension 42.

The meat to be chopped is introduced into vessel 11 through a lid 46 ofcover 22. When shaft 17 is' rotated, it will by wheels 33 34,counter-shaft 32, crank-disk 35, and slide 38 impart a reciprocatingmovement to shaft 23, At the same time a rotary movement will beimparted to said shaft by wheel 20 and cover 22, so that in this way theblade 25 is simultaneously reciprocated and rotated to thoroughly chopor cut up the meat. To assist this action of the blade, a curved scoop47 is secured to cover 22 by arm 48, so that it will rotate togetherWith the blade. By turning nut 13 post 15 will be raised to raise shaft23 by crank-disk 35 and slide 38, while cover 22 will be simultaneouslyraised by eX- tension 42 of housing40 and screw 44. In this way theblade may be readily cleaned and free access to the interior of vessel11 may be had.

I claim- 1. A meat-cutter provided with avessel, a perforated coversupported thereon, rotating means in engagement with the cover, acutter-shaft rotatably engaged by the cover and adapted to reciprocatethrough the same, a cutter carried by said shaft, a perforated slideloosely engaging the shaft and adapted to reciprocate the same, andreciprocating means in engagement with the slide, substantially asspecified.

2. A meat-cutter provided with a vessel, a perforated cover supportedthereon, rotating means in engagement with the cover, a cutter-shaftrotatably engaged by the cover and adapted to reciprocate through thesame, a cutter carried by said shaft, a perforated slide looselyengaging the shaft and adapted to reciprocate the same, and a crank-diskengaging the slide, substantially as specified.

3. A meat-cutter provided with a vessel, a power-shaft, a gear-wheel andcrank-disk rotated thereby, a cover having a toothed rim engaged by thegear-wheel, a cuttershaft engaged by the cover, a cutter carried by saidshaft, and a slide on the shaft engaged by the crank-disk, substantiallyas specified.

4. A meat-cutter provided with a vertically adjustable post, a housingsecured thereto, a vessel, a cover rotatable thereon and having a hubrotatably secured to the housing, a cuttershaft engaged by the cover, acutter carried by said shaft, and nieans inclosed by the housing forreciprocating the shaft, substantially as specified.

I Signed by nie at 'New York city, Manhat 1 tan, NewYork, this 10thdayof October, 1906. l HENRY SCHl/VENCK.

Witnesses z FRANK V. BRIESEN, WlLLIAM SCHULZ.

